Dear Scholarship applicant,

I understand your passionate desire to secure a scholarship. I am here with a few points for you to consider while you work on your applications.

1. Be prepared for rejections. Many will come.
Most scholars who have been successful with many scholarships get baptised with many rejections. The initial rejections are to test you and see if you will give up. The guarantee is that you will secure a scholarship if you keep applying.
However, if you get discouraged and stop applying, the guarantee is that you will NOT get a scholarship. Keep applying.

2. Do not be discouraged by scholarships that have a caveat that you must return to your home country after graduation.
Please apply for every scholarship that takes you closer to your dream. My M.Sc scholarship expected me to return to Nigeria after graduation. I returned, got a job and worked to improve my skills in my field...
During the time I was working, I developed a solid research proposal which got me admissions in prestigious universities across the world. I finally got a PhD scholarship and travelled out. Who says you cannot get funding after returning to your home country?
If I did not return after my M.Sc, perhaps I could not have been exposed to the platform that gave me the insight of developing my research proposal. PLEASE APPLY FOR EVERY SCHOLARSHIP EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE.
It will get you closer to your dream. Your return to your home country is another stage of preparation for you. Utilise it massively. When you are ready, another scholarship of funding will come your way.
Keep this in mind as you set out on the scholarship search and application today.

Regards,
AAP

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